1888 United States presidential election in Texas

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| election_name = 1888 United States presidential election in Texas

| country = Texas

| flag_year = 1888

| type = presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1884 United States presidential election in Texas

| previous_year = 1884

| next_election = 1892 United States presidential election in Texas

| next_year = 1892

| election_date = November 6, 1888

| turnout= 22.27% of the total population {{increase}} 2.09 pp{{cite web|title=1888 Presidential Election Results Texas Total Population Turnout|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3976}}

| image1 = StephenGroverCleveland.jpg

| image_size = x160px

| nominee1 = Grover Cleveland

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| home_state1 = New York

| running_mate1 = Allen Thurman

| electoral_vote1 = 13

| popular_vote1 = 234,883

| percentage1 = 65.70%

| image2 = Benjamin Harrison 1896.jpg

| nominee2 = Benjamin Harrison

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| home_state2 = Indiana

| running_mate2 = Levi P. Morton

| electoral_vote2 = 0

| popular_vote2 = 88,422

| percentage2 = 24.73%

| image3 = AlsonStreeter.png

| nominee3 = Alson Streeter

| party3 = Labor Party (United States, 19th century)

| home_state3 = Illinois

| running_mate3 = Charles E. Cunningham

| electoral_vote3 = 0

| popular_vote3 = 29,459

| percentage3 = 8.24%

| map_image = Texas Presidential Election Results 1888.svg

| map_size = 350px

| map_caption = County Results

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Cleveland

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Harrison

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Streeter

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| title = President

| before_election = Grover Cleveland

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Benjamin Harrison

| after_party = Republican Party (United States)

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The 1888 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 6, 1888, as part of the 1888 United States presidential election. State voters chose 13 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.{{cite web|title=1888 Presidential Election Results Texas|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1888&off=0&elect=0&fips=48&f=0}}

Texas was won by the incumbent President Grover Cleveland (D–New York), running with the former Senator and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio Allen G. Thurman, with 65.70% of the popular vote, against former Senator Benjamin Harrison (R-Indiana), running with Levi P. Morton, the 31st governor of New York, with 24.73% of the vote and former Illinois state representative Alson Streeter (L–Illinois), running with Charles E. Cunningham, with 8.24% of the vote.

The Prohibition Party ran brigadier general Clinton B. Fisk and John A. Brooks and received 1.33% of the vote.